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Pam Fichter
President, MRL

Absentee Ballot Deadline Approaching Reminder: if you are going to vote absentee for the November 4th election, ballots must be received by the Secretary of State's office no later than the end of the day on Wednesday, Oct. 29th.
If you have family or friends wanting to vote absentee, make sure they get to the county clerk's office before the deadline. Click here for more information on absentee voting.

Also, take a moment to review Missouri Right to Life State and Federal PAC's endorsements for the general election. Please share these endorsements with your family and friends and encourage them to vote pro-life when they go to the polls. Lives depend on it!

Cells transplanted from patient's own nose help paralyzed man walk
A 38-year-old Bulgarian man is believed to be the first person in the world to recover from a complete severing of the spinal nerves, thanks to a pioneering transplant treatment that took cells from his nose...read more.

The Brittany Maynard Case Illustrates Problems With Legal Assisted SuicideBrittany Maynard is a beautiful young woman with a brain tumor. For the last two weeks, her story has been promoted by the former Hemlock Society, now known as Compassion & Choices, in an aggressive multi-media campaign...read more.

I Lost My Daughter to Suicide: A Nurse's Response to Assisted Suicide Campaign
Do assisted suicide supporters really expect doctors and nurses to be able to assist the suicide of one patient, then go on to care for a similar patient who wants to live, without this having an effect on their ethics or their empathy?...read more.

Unconscious Patient Heard End Care Push
An Australian woman had a stroke. She appeared completely unconscious, but was really awake and aware. And she heard the push by her medical team to end life support...read more.

Euthanasia and the slippery slope: You can't kill just one
Let's look at what is happening in the Netherlands, which legalized euthanasia, supposedly just for the "hard cases."...read more.

The Bishops' Fateful Decision Respecting the Unborn
In 1973 Roe v. Wade legalized abortion.The remedy would require the election of presidents who would nominate Supreme Court justices not interested in creating constitutional rights to legal abortion. How were the bishops to proceed?...read more.

Pro-Life Around the State

October 25, Springfield - Life Chain at 10:00 A.M on 626 E. Battlefield

October 29, Statewide - Absentee ballot voting deadline.

November 4, Statewide - General election. Click here
for all MRL PAC edorsements.